2026.10.3

 It was fine.

In the morning there was an advertisement of the nearby supermarket for the 1st anniversary's sale, I went shopping before going to Shinjuku.

In Shinjuku I met my friend from Matsumoto for lunch.  After that I saw her son and friend.

I was going to see a movie but decided to see her friend whom I met in May. We tried to go to coffee shop but there were many people, and we decided to go to restaurant. At the coffee shop I was shocked to know that the birthday gift coupon from my friend in May was valid until Sep. 30. I should have used it earlier.

At night there was a zoom event.  I watched a movie on TV.

2026.10.2

It was cloudy.

It was the last day for my 220th eBook campaign.  To my glad my 221st eBook has been No. 1 and the 220th eBook has been No.2 for a while in Japan. 

I am not sure why, but I have had a stomachache at night for two days. 

There were many email communications and a zoom meeting today and I overworked till 8:30 PM or so and came home around 10:40 PM.

I have been looking for a restaurant to have lunch with a friend at night.

2026.10.1

 A new month has started.

October is jugatsu (10月　十月) or kannazuki (神無月) in Japanese.

There are some rituals I follow on the first day of the month.  One is to change plants, rice, salt at inhouse shrine, the other is to visit the nearby shrine which is called otsuitachimairi (お朔日参り), another is to post the good day information of the month's calendar.

It was cloudy at first but became fine after a long interval.

This morning I visited the Immigration bureau to check the status of the participants' COE. From today handling charge are raised; therefore, there were so many people stood in line yesterday. It was not so crowded today.

From today my 221st eBook promotion campaign started.